About the Working Families Party
The Working Families Party (WFP) is the progressive party for the multiracial working class, fighting for a nation that works for the many, not the few. We recruit, train, and support transformational candidates up and down the ballot — and run them to win.
We believe that no matter where we come from or what our color, most of us want the same things. We want to earn enough to thrive, not just survive, and leave a better future for our kids. We want healthy food and clean water, safe neighborhoods and a safe world. We want to be free.
The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all. We’re a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over the powerful. We want an America which realizes the promise – unrealized in our history – of freedom and equality for all.
Working Families Party (WFP) is hiring a Fandom Organizing Coordinator to help us better navigate and set up systems for utilizing the power of fandoms to expand WFP’s base and profile. The right person for this position will be able to track success within this body of work, develop and share best practices, and help set up back-end structures to hold the work.
Fandoms are an untapped resource for organizing large communities. Working with the WFP Arts and Culture team, the Fandom Organizing Coordinator will be at the forefront of developing how we can engage at scale within these fandoms and help explore this new organizing frontier.
The duties of this position will support our different fandom organizing projects and be responsive to cycles of high activity where fandom organizing meets our electoral goals. It can be generally understood as building volunteer systems, tracking our fandom, organizing metrics and sharing best practices so different projects can replicate what’s working. The Fandom Organizing Coordinator will report to the Director of Strategy.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Tracking Fandom Organizing
- Build and maintain an internal tracking system for our fandom organizing metrics that includes qualitative and quantitative reporting.
- Develop and maintain best practices of fandom organizing internally for staff that include: documents, tools to use, resources, and more.
- Facilitate weekly meetings for our fandom organizing work.
- With the Director of Strategy, evaluate fandom organizing projects on a regular basis.
- Build a volunteer system in 2024 for Real Housewives of Politics (RHOPOL) fandom
- Replicate and adapt RHOPOL volunteer systems and infrastructure for volunteers for new fandoms.
- Participate in the day to day implementation of at least one fandom organizing project.
- Serve as lead participant for WFP in fandom organizing coalitions.
- Work with the Director of Strategy to evangelize fandom organizing among WFP organizational partners.
- Work with the Director of Strategy to support fundraising efforts for the fandom organizing work.
- Collect qualitative and quantitative information and lead on reporting for fandom organizing grants.
Fandom Organizing
Partnerships
Fundraising
Skills and Qualifications
- As a position that straddles art, pop culture, and politics, excellent communication skills within those spheres is very important.
- This is a fast-paced environment that requires flexibility, problem solving and good project management skills.
- This is a new position in a growing area of work for WFP, making creativity, emotional intelligence, teamwork and collaboration key to the success of this position.
- As a person who will be interacting with various fandoms that WFP will be organizing on different timelines, the ability to toggle between formal and informal communication styles, tailored to different audiences, is important.
- Applicants should have at least five years of organizing experience.
What Else You Should Know
- Compensation: The base salary range for this position is $70,000-$80,000 annually. The final salary will be determined based on an internal equitable scale that takes into consideration years of experience, geographic location, and final job description. We also offer a robust benefit package for full time employees including paid time off; health, dental, vision, and life insurance; flexible spending accounts; and remote work support.
- Location: The position is full-time and remote. Some travel is required for this position.
- Schedule: Full Time, Permanent.
- Union Affiliation: WFP is a unionized workplace. This is a non-managerial role eligible to join WFP's staff bargaining unit after six months of employment. WFP's union employees are represented by the New York Metropolitan Area Joint Board, Workers United union.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Working Families is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to apply for or perform the essential functions of the job should contact us at jobs@workingfamilies.org with the subject line "Application Accommodation" to request such an accommodation.
